President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Just outrageous and questionable enough for MAGA to use as cover, and Trump to turn into a lighting rod. But it doesn’t change much for anyone else. Before, MAGA Media had nothing to point to and paint Trump as the victim. Now, they do.
It derailed the schism :/
Other media’s lapping it up to tell readers want they want to hear: MAGA is infighting, when in reality they are not.
As it turns out, the article is a gift from Murdoch: https://www.axios.com/2025/07/18/trump-epstein-letter-maga-documents
Just outrageous and questionable enough for MAGA to use as cover, and Trump to turn into a lighting rod. But it doesn’t change much for anyone else. Before, MAGA Media had nothing to point to and paint Trump as the victim. Now, they do.
It derailed the schism :/
Other media’s lapping it up to tell readers want they want to hear: MAGA is infighting, when in reality they are not.
Yeah. The narrative on the right has been changing ever since this came out. I wouldn’t be that surprised if that was the point of the whole thing.